Effects of the residual ammonium concentration on NOB repression during partial nitritation with granular sludge.
Effects of the residual ammonium concentration on NOB repression during partial nitritation with granular sludge.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.watres.2016.10.028
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2016-12
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12.8
通讯作者:
Vincent Poot;M. Hoekstra;Mitchell Geleijnse;M. V. van Loosdrecht;Julio Pérez
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作者:
Vincent Poot;M. Hoekstra;Mitchell Geleijnse;M. V. van Loosdrecht;Julio Pérez
Partial nitritation was stably achieved in a bench-scale airlift reactor (1.5L) containing granular sludge. Continuous operation at 20 °C treating low-strength synthetic wastewater (50 mg N-NH4+/L and no COD) achieved nitrogen loading rates of 0.8 g N-NH4+/(L·d) during partial nitritation. The switch between nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) repression and NOB proliferation was observed when ammonium concentrations in the reactor were below 2–5 mg N-NH4+/L for DO concentrations lower than 4 mg O2/L at 20 °C.Nitrospiraspp. were detected to be the dominant NOB population during the entire reactor operation, whereasNitrobacterspp. were found to be increasing in numbers over time. Stratification of the granule structure, with ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) occupying the outer shell, was found to be highly important in the repression of NOB in the long term. The pH gradient in the granule, containing a pH difference of ca. 0.4 between the granule surface and the granule centre, creates a decreasing gradient of ammonia towards the centre of the granule. Higher residual ammonium concentration enhances the ammonium oxidation rate of those cells located further away from the granule surface, where the competition for oxygen between AOB and NOB is more important, and it contributes to the stratification of both populations in the biofilm.